Energy saving opportunity analysis of automotive serial production systems (March 2012)

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 334-342

  Chang, Qing ^a   Xiao, Guoxian ^b   Biller, Stephan ^c   Li, Lin ^d  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; energy management; energy saving opportunity; energy treasure hunt; multistage manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; ENERGY TREASURE HUNT; ENERGY-SAVING STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MULTI-STAGE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; SERIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

COST ACCOUNTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84876146805     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2012.2210874     Document Type: Article

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